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Slavery never went away, and students need to know how it affects today’s world.

Followers of Islam face widespread prejudice in the United States. How can teachers help students overcome these attitudes?

Want to engage students? Meet them on society’s newest public square.

Twitter, Google Docs and their cousins shrink the spaces between cultures even as they expand the reach of a typical classroom. How can you use them to promote social justice?

Educators who can work around obstacles and recognize the promise of new technologies are making a difference.

Any teacher looking to combat bullying should start with the Teaching Tolerance documentary Bullied: A Student, a School and a Case That Made History. This free movie includes a viewers guide with great anti-bullying

Help your students choose a new role.

Our food supply depends on immigrant labor. Seven new Teaching Tolerance lessons bring this important message into the classroom.

Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello talks empathy as a means to move forward.

Rosa Marcellino didn’t like being labeled “mentally retarded,” so she decided to let important people know.